KMVU
Encyclopedia
KMVU-DT is a local Fox
television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon
. The station serves the Rogue Valley
and Klamath Basin
of southern Oregon
and the Shasta Cascade
region in northern California
, and is owned by Stainless Broadcasting Company
. The station primarily broadcasts regular Fox network programs as well as syndicated shows.
Fox 26 acquired the local rights to television classics Happy Days
and Little House on the Prairie
sometime in the 1990s, which lasted until the late 2000's. They now have local rights to Perry Mason
. They produce a special non-televised contest called "Southern Oregon Idol", which started in 2004. The winner goes on to try out for American Idol
.
On May 6, 2007, KMVU was replaced by Chico, California
Fox affiliate KCVU-TV
on Northland Cable Television channel 13 in both Mt. Shasta
and Yreka, California
, when KMVU and Northland could not come to an agreement to remain on the cable system. (Northland also carries KCVU's sister station KRVU My 21 on cable channel 2.) However, Northland has been blocked from airing Fox Network programming as a result.
On May 14, 2008, the FCC issued two Notice of Apparent Liability and Forfeitures to Northland for failing to provide thirty days notice to KMVU and cable customers that KMVU would be moved to a different channel and eventually dropped altogether. The two NAL's total $40,000. As is standard procedure, Northland was given thirty days to either pay the fine or ask for a reduction or cancellation.
In November 2008, KMVU won the contract dispute with Northland Cable and was returned to its previous channels on both Mt. Shasta and Yreka, thus forcing KCVU to be removed.
, similar to a recent dispute between Dish Network
and KDRV before that situation was resolved. However, this may take longer to resolve. This dispute threatened to black out the NFC Championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears (on 01/23/2011), as well as the NFL's Pro Bowl(01/30/2011), and Super Bowl (02/06/2011). However, the dispute was temporarily resolved.
handling weather.
On January 10, 2011, FOX 26 launched a new morning news program called FOX 26 Morning News Live at Seven with anchors Anne McCloy, Austin Reed and meteorologist Cameron Loughlin.
(NBC), KDRV
(ABC), KMVU (FOX) and KSYS (PBS) broadcast only digital signals, effective February 17, 2009.
KMVU shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009 , returning to channel 26.
KMVU subchannels>
Channel
Name
Programming
26.1
KMVU-HD
Main KMVU/Fox programming
26.2
KMVU-SD
Me-TV
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
. The station serves the Rogue Valley
Rogue Valley
The Rogue Valley is a farming and timber-producing region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. Located along the middle Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine and Jackson counties, the valley forms the cultural and economic heart of Southern Oregon near the California border. The...
and Klamath Basin
Klamath Basin
The Klamath Basin is the region in the U.S. states of Oregon and California drained by the Klamath River. It contains most of Klamath County and parts of Lake and Jackson counties in Oregon, and parts of Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties in California. The drainage basin...
of southern Oregon
Southern Oregon
Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon south of Lane County and generally west of the Cascade Range, excluding the southern Oregon Coast. Counties include Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, and Josephine. It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area, which consists of the...
and the Shasta Cascade
Shasta Cascade
The Shasta Cascade region of California is located in the northeastern and north-central sections of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, including far northern parts of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The area is centered on Mount Shasta in the California Cascade Range,...
region in northern California
Northern California
Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...
, and is owned by Stainless Broadcasting Company
Stainless Broadcasting Company
Stainless Broadcasting Company is a television broadcasting company based in Okemos, Michigan, a suburb of Lansing. The company also goes by the name Northwest Broadcasting, Inc....
. The station primarily broadcasts regular Fox network programs as well as syndicated shows.
Fox 26 acquired the local rights to television classics Happy Days
Happy Days
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
and Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
sometime in the 1990s, which lasted until the late 2000's. They now have local rights to Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason is a fictional character, a defense attorney who was the main character in works of detective fiction authored by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason was featured in more than 80 novels and short stories, most of which had a plot involving his client's murder trial...
. They produce a special non-televised contest called "Southern Oregon Idol", which started in 2004. The winner goes on to try out for American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
.
Northland Cable TV (2007-2008)
Chico, California
Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census...
Fox affiliate KCVU-TV
KCVU-TV
KCVU Fox 20 is a Fox Network affiliated television station based in Chico, California. The station is owned and operated by Sainte Partners II, L.P. of Modesto, California...
on Northland Cable Television channel 13 in both Mt. Shasta
Mount Shasta, California
Mount Shasta is a city in Siskiyou County, California, located at around 3,600 ft on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark. The city is less than southwest of the summit of its namesake volcano...
and Yreka, California
Yreka, California
Yreka is the county seat of Siskiyou County, California, United States. The population was 7,765 at the 2010 census, up from 7,290 at the 2000 census.- History:...
, when KMVU and Northland could not come to an agreement to remain on the cable system. (Northland also carries KCVU's sister station KRVU My 21 on cable channel 2.) However, Northland has been blocked from airing Fox Network programming as a result.
On May 14, 2008, the FCC issued two Notice of Apparent Liability and Forfeitures to Northland for failing to provide thirty days notice to KMVU and cable customers that KMVU would be moved to a different channel and eventually dropped altogether. The two NAL's total $40,000. As is standard procedure, Northland was given thirty days to either pay the fine or ask for a reduction or cancellation.
In November 2008, KMVU won the contract dispute with Northland Cable and was returned to its previous channels on both Mt. Shasta and Yreka, thus forcing KCVU to be removed.
DirecTV (2010-current)
Like Northland Cable, KMVU is currently undergoing a carriage dispute with DirecTVDirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
, similar to a recent dispute between Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
and KDRV before that situation was resolved. However, this may take longer to resolve. This dispute threatened to black out the NFC Championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears (on 01/23/2011), as well as the NFL's Pro Bowl(01/30/2011), and Super Bowl (02/06/2011). However, the dispute was temporarily resolved.
Newscast
In 2006, the station began broadcasting Fox 26 First At Ten, a 10 o'clock local news program in partnership with KOBI-TV. The newscast is currently anchored by Dan Joseph, with meteorologist Jeff HeatonJeff Heaton
Jeff Heaton is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at club level has played for St. Helens , Liverpool City/Huyton, and Rochdale Hornets, playing at /, i.e. number 7.-External links:***...
handling weather.
On January 10, 2011, FOX 26 launched a new morning news program called FOX 26 Morning News Live at Seven with anchors Anne McCloy, Austin Reed and meteorologist Cameron Loughlin.
Digital television
Medford stations KOBIKOBI
KOBI is a local NBC affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. It is owned by Patricia Smullin. The company, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., is the longest continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country....
(NBC), KDRV
KDRV
KDRV, channel 12, is an ABC television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. The station is located near Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in north Medford. The station is owned by Chambers Communications Corporation of Eugene, Oregon....
(ABC), KMVU (FOX) and KSYS (PBS) broadcast only digital signals, effective February 17, 2009.
KMVU shut down its analog signal on February 17, 2009 , returning to channel 26.
Translators
KMVU-DT is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:- K31GP Channel 31 BrookingsBrookings, OregonBrookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber and Box Company, which founded the city in 1908. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,336. The total population of the Brookings area is over 13,000, which...
- K41JB Channel 41 Yreka, CaliforniaYreka, CaliforniaYreka is the county seat of Siskiyou County, California, United States. The population was 7,765 at the 2010 census, up from 7,290 at the 2000 census.- History:...
- K44DZ Channel 44 Klamath FallsKlamath Falls, OregonKlamath Falls is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. Originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867, after the Link River on whose falls this city sat, although no falls currently exist; the name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892...
- K44JB-D Channel 44 Grants PassGrants Pass, Oregon-Rogue River:The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile . By 2008,...
(Digital Only) - K45ED Channel 45 Grants PassGrants Pass, Oregon-Rogue River:The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile . By 2008,...